Wisdom from the Ages

I will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all. No... not the artful postures of love, not playful and poetical games of love for the amusement of an evening, but love that... over-throws life. Unbiddable, ungovernable - like a riot in the heart, and nothing to be done, come ruin or rapture.

Monday, June 8, 2009

If I Were A Boy, In Love With A Girl.

I like to think that if I were ever a boy in love with a girl, I would recite this poem to her. There is nothing comparable to Neruda.

If suddenly you do not exist,if suddenly you are not living,I shall go on living.

I do not dare,I do not dare to write it,if you die.

I shall go on living.

For where a man has no voice,there, my voice.

Where blacks are beaten,I cannot be dead.When my brothers go to jailI shall go with them.

When victory,not my victory,but the great victoryarrives,even though I am mute I must speak;I shall see it come even though I am blind.

No, forgive me.If you are not living,if you, beloved, my love,if youhave died,all the leaves will fall in my breast,it will rain upon my soul night and day,the snow will burn my heart,I shall walk with cold and fire and death and snow,my feet will want to walk to where you sleep,butI shall go on living,because you wanted me to be,above all things,untamable,and, my love, because you know that I am not just one manbut all men.

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About Me

I am a Canadian that should be living in Europe. I adore my other half of the apple that is currently an ocean apart from me in Italy, but next to that, I adore all things fabulous. Fabulous- days, nights, moments, people, looks, places. This blog is dedicated to all those fabulous things I come across, both locally in Canadia and from my love of travel abroad with a focus on romance, love, and happily ever afters...fare l'amore!